Fill, Oh! fillmy calabash with waterto drain off unfilled dreamslost in the wetnessof silent hopes and desires;Return you eagle of the nightbringing from the bosomof the cloudsnew hopes, new dreamsthat my calabash may nowfill to the brim,that tales of hungermay now become talesof laughter,that this child, borneon the back of anothermay learn to walkwhen it […]
I shall kneelbefore these two moonswrapped in your neckerchief,Giant mounds awaitingnature’s harvest.I shall tug your waistline –for favourwhen your applesbegin to fallat the rustleof the first leaves. Chike C. Aniakor EDITOR’S NOTE Originally published in Nigeria Magazine on 01 Jan 1981, p. 122. This diplomatic transcription preserves the wording and lineation visible in the archived […]
Love they say is blindLove are you blind?If you are blindHow did you get to my soul?Love the flowering plantLove the alpha and the omegaLove you are the doctor of sorrowIn love I met MaryamAnd in love we shall remain.In dreams I keep on asking myselfWhy in love?I keep sayingIt pays to love yes.It is […]